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2 unusual facts about Genetic disorder


Genetic disorder

Some types of recessive gene disorders confer an advantage in certain environments when only one copy of the gene is present.

Myelomalacia

Treatments that have been proposed include treatment for physical trauma, degenerative conditions, and genetic diseases (in combination with gene therapy).



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Alström syndrome

Alström syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene ALMS1.

Bubble Boy

Severe combined immunodeficiency, sometimes called bubble boy disease, a genetic disorder which results in an extreme vulnerability to infectious diseases

CHILD

CHILD syndrome, Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects (CHILD), a genetic disorder.

Eli Bowen

Eli Bowen was born in Richland County, Ohio to Robert and Sarah Bowen with his undeveloped feet attached to the hips due to a rare birth defect - the so-called seal limbs, which was caused by a genetic disorder phocomelia.

Flo Hyman

Instead, Flo Hyman's death was due to an aortic dissection resulting from previously undiagnosed Marfan syndrome, a relatively common genetic disorder that affects more than 1 in 5,000 people.

Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel

These include abuses he received as a child, past drug addictions, and the time he spent hospitalized as a teenager due to his genetic disorder Marfan syndrome.

Moonlight Bay Trilogy

They revolve around the mysterious events in Moonlight Bay that are investigated by the main character Christopher Snow, who suffers from the genetic disorder Xeroderma pigmentosum.

Robert Horry

His first child, and daughter, Ashlyn, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called 1p36 deletion syndrome, an affliction that develops when part of the first chromosome is missing.